FOLESHILL Sports and Leisure Centre has been given a prestigious quality award, just months after it was threatened with closure.

The centre, in Livingstone Road, was award the Quest kite mark last week after a mystery visitor evaluation.

It is the third venue run by Coventry Sports Trust to earn Quest accreditation, along with Moat House Leisure and Neighbourhood Centre in Henley Green and Coventry Sports and Leisure Centre in Fairfax Street.

The Trust is the only sports organisation in Coventry to secure Quest accreditations.

Foleshill centre manager Richard Dodd said: “It proves that we are offering a high standard of service to our valued users.

"That’s a massive achievement for this centre in view of talk of possible closure in recent months.”

Bosses at the Coventry Sports Trust met to discuss the possibility of shutting the Foleshill centre in June.

The drastic measure was considered to help ease the Trust’s financial difficulties amid fears the Livingstone Road baths were not attracting enough people.